BulletProof Security < 5.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

published 2022-03-21 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15697

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 5.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

ait-pro bulletproof_security 5.8

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/08b66b69-3c69-4a1e-9c0a-5697e31bc04e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Unknown BulletProof Security

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/08b66b69-3c69-4a1e-9c0a-5697e31bc04e
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-0590
NVD CVE-2022-0590

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary